diff --git a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
index bebbde4ebec0..8c94cd3fd1f2 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/switch/switchtec.c
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ module_param(use_dma_mrpc, bool, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(use_dma_mrpc,
 		 "Enable the use of the DMA MRPC feature");
 
+static int nirqs = 32;
+module_param(nirqs, int, 0644);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(nirqs, "number of interrupts to allocate (more may be useful for NTB applications)");
+
 static dev_t switchtec_devt;
 static DEFINE_IDA(switchtec_minor_ida);
 
@@ -1263,8 +1267,12 @@ static int switchtec_init_isr(struct switchtec_dev *stdev)
 	int dma_mrpc_irq;
 	int rc;
 
-	nvecs = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(stdev->pdev, 1, 4,
-				      PCI_IRQ_MSIX | PCI_IRQ_MSI);
+	if (nirqs < 4)
+		nirqs = 4;
+
+	nvecs = pci_alloc_irq_vectors(stdev->pdev, 1, nirqs,
+				      PCI_IRQ_MSIX | PCI_IRQ_MSI |
+				      PCI_IRQ_VIRTUAL);
 	if (nvecs < 0)
 		return nvecs;